Forms were designed with the input of assessors and students, and contained areas for written comments on "Areas of Excellence" and "Areas of Improvement".
The results of this pilot study provided information about areas of excellence and areas for improvement for safe clinical practice in the specialty setting, as well as initial reliability and validity for the safe practices questionnaire.
Medical students on a 7-week General Surgery & Anesthesiology clerkship received written comments on 'Areas of Excellence' and 'Areas for Improvement' from physicians, residents, nurses, patients, peers and administrators.
Asking for 'prompted comments' in response to 'Areas of Excellence' and 'Areas of Improvement' may have helped assessors provide specific comments instead of more general observations [ 24].
This survey would identify strategic areas of strength, such as existing centres of excellence, potential areas of improvement, and health priorities receive inadequate attention.
The laboratory remains a center of excellence in areas ranging from futuristic propulsion concepts to deep space communication.
The award is designed to recognise a university's all-round excellence, in areas including research, teaching, employability and the student experience.
The IPCC has already done a great deal to recruit more developing-country experts, but we can do more by identifying and networking with local centers of excellence in areas of climate science, adaptation, and mitigation.
I find it interesting when German friends lambaste me as a fear monger for having the audacity to point out that their wonderful nation - an exemplar of excellence in areas ranging from philosophy to music to manufacturing - has a radical Islamic terror problem on its hands.
How can we ensure that excellence in areas other than established disciplines is actively sought, identified and rewarded even more than excellence in dense scientific communities?
